Ford Motors introduces the "Mustang".
- Studebaker-Packard introduce seat belts as standard equipment.
- Plans to build the New York World Trade Center are announced.
- The Beatles vault to the #1 spot on the U.S. singles charts for the first time, with "I Want to Hold Your Hand," forever changing the way rock-and-roll music sounds.The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, marking their first live performance on American television. Seen by an estimated 73 million viewers, the appearance becomes the catalyst for the mid-1960s "British Invasion" of American popular music.
- Malcolm X, suspended from the Nation of Islam, says in New York City that he is forming a black nationalist party.
- The Beatles hold the top 5 positions in the Billboard Top 40 singles in America, an unprecedented achievement. Due mostly to the explosive growth, fragmentation, and marketing of popular music since, this is certain to never happen again. The top songs in America as listed on April 4, in order, are: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and "Please Please Me."
- From Russia With Love was shown in US theaters.
- Country singer Jim Reeves (40) is killed when his private plane crashes in thunderstorm near Nashville Tennessee.
- 3.5 billion dollars worth of vending machine sales.
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